Foxy Folly is a disappointmet.

yellow area- hardened

red area- looks to be harder then edge. Any thoughts on problems of hard edge being surrounded by harder area

blue-hardened when compared to rest of blade
 

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There is one pic on the first page of the thread and two on the second page. I hope that is the problem...
 
Originally posted by BruiseLeee
I missed the second pic somewhere. :confused:
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Bruise the link is in Mark's 2nd post. :rolleyes: ;) :D

Edit:
Meant to add that I sure wish all of them could've turned out like that!!!!

Mark if your Foxy is like the other kukris then the red area will be a little less hard than the yellow area while the blue area is gonna be softer.
About the only way to tell the difference without an Rc tester is by using a file. The yellow area should repel a file. The red area would be barely fileable and the blue area very fileable.
Hope that helps.:)
 
Yvsa,
It is a shame that your Foxy Folly has failed the way it did. I know you also had high hopes for this design.
I got a horn handled Foxys in the mail on Friday. The handle has a lot of checking in it, but a liberal dose of Hooflex made these smaller. I will be sanding and polishing the handle to perfection later. All in all the handle is very nicely done and large. I like it!!
I was not able to test the blade for chopping ability until today. Before that I wet sanded the blade with some 320, then 400 for now to get the base metal finish nice and smooth for its polish on the wheels tomorrow. I may pick up some 600 and 800 while I am out today and bring it a little further before polishing. Fit and finish on mine were pretty good really, I just want to refine the finish on this baby since I really like it a lot.
I can see what UB means on the sheaths. When I bottom the blade in the sheath you can see the sheath swell a little at the belly area. No cuts or tears though!
I finally went out a couple of hours ago and tested the blade after sharpening it. I chopped at some dead and very seasoned oak and maple. This blade is a chopping demon!! It is heavy enough to take a little effort controling, but you are rewarded with a chopper akin to my 20 AK!! Maybe a little better even.:cool: I chopped all sorts of hard woods for about a half an hour. By then I was tired and satisfied with giving it enough of a workout test for failure. After all of that chopping and stabbing/slicing the blade was unscathed.:D There were NO deformations or chipping of any sort. I was not careful at all with some of my swings, letting the blade hit harshly at odd angles. This blade was completely unaffected in any way. It was still nice and sharp when done, just sappy smears on the sandpaper finish the blade has on it right now.
All in all this is a great knife. I am as happy with this as I am with my Sanu YCS!:D
Uncle Bill, If the time comes that you get back to business as usual, Keep this blade in the line-up. It is a worthy design and while the execution is not as good as some, the overall work was good on mine and it performed flawlessly!! If more were made, I would order another when money permitted. Maybe without the habaki bolster too.;) Keep it in mind, it is a great BIG khuk!!:D :cool: Rick S.
 
Mark, thanks for the pics. It looks like the Kobra is hardened to the tip? Am I seeing right?
 
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It is a 25" Kobra by Sher. It is hardened all the way to the tip. Out of all of the blades that I have etched, from HI, I would have to say that it was the Kobra that was the best of them as far as the amount of blade that was hardened and the eveness of it.
 
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